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„Before invading all of Ukraine in 2022, {dictator} Pootin demanded the withdrawal of @NATO forces from member states that were once part of the Kremlin’s sphere of influence.
„Before invading all of Ukraine in 2022, {dictator} Pootin demanded the withdrawal of @NATO forces from member states that were once part of the Kremlin’s sphere of influence.
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Such a move would have left countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland more vulnerable to a Russian attack. Nato itself would also have been weakened, perhaps fatally. Unsurprisingly, the military alliance rejected Pootin’s ultimatum.
Such a move would have left countries such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland more vulnerable to a Russian attack. Nato itself would also have been weakened, perhaps fatally. Unsurprisingly, the military alliance rejected Pootin’s ultimatum.
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Four years on, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has given Pootin hope that his demands might, at least partially, be met. Furious that @NATO members in Europe will not assist the US attack on Iran, Trump said on Wed. that he was »absolutely« considering withdrawing from the alliance.
Four years on, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has given Pootin hope that his demands might, at least partially, be met. Furious that @NATO members in Europe will not assist the US attack on Iran, Trump said on Wed. that he was »absolutely« considering withdrawing from the alliance.
A California judge dropped the final remaining charge against David Daleiden and expunged the case.
This came after a 2025 plea agreement where he and a colleague pleaded no contest to one felony, while other charges were dismissed.
1)foxnews.com/politics/final…
This came after a 2025 plea agreement where he and a colleague pleaded no contest to one felony, while other charges were dismissed.
1)foxnews.com/politics/final…
The case had been ongoing for years over secret recordings of Planned Parenthood officials
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In a statement made last year, Daleiden said that the end of "the lawfare launched by Kamala Harris [is] a huge victory for my investigative reporting ...
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In a statement made last year, Daleiden said that the end of "the lawfare launched by Kamala Harris [is] a huge victory for my investigative reporting ...
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for the public's right to know the truth about Planned Parenthood's sale of aborted baby body parts."
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+JMJ+ Welcome to the Holy Rosary thread in honor of Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion. +JMJ+
#CatholicTwitter #CatholicX #RosaryProject
#CatholicTwitter #CatholicX #RosaryProject
Instead of posting each prayer separately, I’m going to link to the page on my blog that has all the opening prayers, and the page that has all of the closing prayers. As always, they are optional. Use the ones you are drawn to.
I’ll post each Mystery as usual.
I’ll post each Mystery as usual.
Thread: Update on the Field Situation in Southern Lebanon:
@samerhajali wrote:
Diving into the details of the Southern battlefield can give a clear picture that the occupation army is merely searching for an image of achievement with which it can reassure its settlers and protect its political leadership. According to the course of military operations on the ground, the five divisions that have been deployed into the field are avoiding engaging in axes of advance in the true military sense. Instead, they carry out bypass maneuvers, encircling neighborhoods in the southern villages to avoid colliding with the Resistance's combat nodes. They know full well, despite the narrative they were trying to convince themselves of, that ambushes of death had been prepared for their soldiers and vehicles, which have now become like coffins, burning those inside after once representing the spearhead of their offensive power. 1/
@samerhajali wrote:
Diving into the details of the Southern battlefield can give a clear picture that the occupation army is merely searching for an image of achievement with which it can reassure its settlers and protect its political leadership. According to the course of military operations on the ground, the five divisions that have been deployed into the field are avoiding engaging in axes of advance in the true military sense. Instead, they carry out bypass maneuvers, encircling neighborhoods in the southern villages to avoid colliding with the Resistance's combat nodes. They know full well, despite the narrative they were trying to convince themselves of, that ambushes of death had been prepared for their soldiers and vehicles, which have now become like coffins, burning those inside after once representing the spearhead of their offensive power. 1/
Because there is a vast difference between the bypass operations they are currently conducting and the concept of axes of advance—which means enemy forces moving within a geographic space that allows maneuvering until securing terrain features and elevated ground that would enable future operations—and since this has not been achieved in this ground war, we can say that, according to field data, the enemy has not been able to secure stability on any of the high ground around which it maneuvers or claims to have reached. Clashes continue in Shamaa and al-Bayyadah, preventing it from establishing positions overlooking the Southern coast, while the Resistance continues to strike its gatherings and soldiers even in Naqoura and in the settlements of the occupied north. 2/
On the Qouzah–Beit Leef axis, the enemy attempted over the past two days to bypass from Wadi al-Uyoun toward the town of Rchaf, but withdrew. On Wednesday evening, it returned with a new attempt, after which the Resistance struck one of its tanks inside the town and targeted a gathering of its forces. Through its activity in this area, the enemy is seeking either to reach Hadatha, which, if it manages to establish itself there, would enable it to overlook a number of Southern villages in the central sector, and which constitutes a main route toward the border villages of the Bint Jbeil district. Among the developments witnessed on this axis yesterday was the targeting of a Zionist helicopter and damaging it in the skies over Yaroun, indicating the beginning of a course aimed at limiting the intervention of these aircraft in ground maneuvers and in protecting advancing forces. At the same time, the Resistance announced that it had forced warplanes to withdraw using air-defense missiles. 3/
@asymmetricinfo Understood.
But if high-powered @nytimes wanted to spell correctly the surname of President @TheBushCenter’s White House Counsel and Attorney General @argonzales, @nytimes would have carefully checked every story.
They just chose not to bother.
H e l - l o !
But if high-powered @nytimes wanted to spell correctly the surname of President @TheBushCenter’s White House Counsel and Attorney General @argonzales, @nytimes would have carefully checked every story.
They just chose not to bother.
H e l - l o !
@asymmetricinfo @nytimes @TheBushCenter @argonzales nytimes.com/2007/08/06/pag…
@asymmetricinfo @nytimes @TheBushCenter @argonzales nytimes.com/2007/08/12/opi…
Starting tomorrow at 12pm PT, Claude subscriptions will no longer cover usage on third-party tools like OpenClaw.
You can still use these tools with your Claude login via extra usage bundles (now available at a discount), or with a Claude API key.
You can still use these tools with your Claude login via extra usage bundles (now available at a discount), or with a Claude API key.
We’ve been working hard to meet the increase in demand for Claude, and our subscriptions weren't built for the usage patterns of these third-party tools. Capacity is a resource we manage thoughtfully and we are prioritizing our customers using our products and API.
Subscribers get a one-time credit equal to your monthly plan cost. If you need more, you can now buy discounted usage bundles. To request a full refund, look for a link in your email tomorrow. support.claude.com/en/articles/13…
ANTHROPIC HAS OFFICIALLY BANNED OPENCLAW USAGE!!!
no this is not ai-generated
Starting April 4, users will no longer be able to use their Claude Subscriptions for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw.
THIS IS CRAZY. 👇
no this is not ai-generated
Starting April 4, users will no longer be able to use their Claude Subscriptions for third-party harnesses including OpenClaw.
THIS IS CRAZY. 👇
fyi this IS REAL i got the email lol
Iranian forces shot down a U.S. F‑15 and damaged an A‑10, and combat search‑and‑rescue helicopters were also hit, resulting in injuries to their crews.
What this tells us about air superiority over Iran? A 🧵.
What this tells us about air superiority over Iran? A 🧵.
2/ Air superiority ≠ air supremacy.
Air supremacy = the ability to operate without "effective interference." Translation: The enemy poses no real air threat.
Most Americans are used to thinking this is normal; the U.S. largely had it over battlefields for 30 years.
Air supremacy = the ability to operate without "effective interference." Translation: The enemy poses no real air threat.
Most Americans are used to thinking this is normal; the U.S. largely had it over battlefields for 30 years.
3/ Air superiority, by contrast, just means you can operate without "prohibitive interference." Threats still exist. The terms are not interchangeable.
The rise of Freudianism from, say, 1900 to 1970s reflected the rise of Jewish influence. But, Freudianism turned out to be Not Even Wrong and just a waste of time/money.
So, nobody talks about it anymore. After all, what lesson would we learn? That Jews can be very influential?
So, nobody talks about it anymore. After all, what lesson would we learn? That Jews can be very influential?
Freudianism served as sort of the conservative, bourgeois alternative to Marxism for those who wanted to subvert Christian cultural dominance and puritanism regarding sex, but didn't want to destroy the economy and put the proles in charge, Freudianism threaded the needle.
Finally, the most advanced 1970s Parisian theorists got into promoting an ideology purportedly mixing Freud and Marx.
But over the course of the last two decades of the 20th Century, everybody got bored with/mildly embarrassed by Freudianism: We Shall Never Speak of This Again.
But over the course of the last two decades of the 20th Century, everybody got bored with/mildly embarrassed by Freudianism: We Shall Never Speak of This Again.
Russia is offering students up to $87,000 a year to drop university and fight in Ukraine. Positions available: drone operator, drone engineer, technical specialist. Most universities received recruitment quotas they must fill, writes Reuters. 1/
The full package at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok: first-year salary of $68,000, one-off payment of $31,000 after training, monthly allowance of $3,000, plus $2,500 from the university. Free accommodation. Fees covered on return. 2/
The Kremlin confirmed the recruitment drive. Spokesman Peskov: "This is a completely open offer — an offer to join a new type of unit." T he drone forces were created at the end of 2025 at Putin's direct order. 3/
Earlier today, I explained that what we see from Tucker Carlson, et al., is ultimately Critical America Theory, which many people found clarifying. To add some depth, I want to explain that at the heart of every critical theory is a lunatic totalist conspiracy mentality.
We can start where we started earlier, with Max Horkheimer's characterization of his Critical Theory. He invented Critical Theory in 1937, adapting it from the Marxist tradition of ruthless critique. He described it this way (paraphrasing):
"We [neo-Marxists] developed the Critical Theory when we realized that it is not possible to describe the good or the ideal society on the terms of the existing society, but we can criticize those elements of the existing society that we wish to change."
This characterization is very important because it reveals the ultimate character of all critical theories: looking for "problematics" in society that don't live up to some imagined ideal society that likely cannot even exist but can still be used as a reference point against which to complain about reality, often senselessly.
Briefly, how? How can you use something that isn't real as a reference point? By believing things like "we don't know what an ideal America would look like, but it wouldn't have racism." Then you send people out looking for anything they can consider racist and get them to "problematize" it because the ideal society wouldn't have that happening. That's how.
The thing is, Horkheimer's characterization also reveals the true structure of all critical theories: they're conspiracy theories.
The belief in the Critical Theory is that the whole of society in every regard is so captured by the ruling classes and powerful interests that you don't even have the tools you'd need to describe an alternative. That is, powerful interests control everything, and they do so in a way where people don't realize it. In fact, they don't even have the conceptual tools to imagine an alternative. And the ruling classes benefit from that situation, so they like it that way, and they keep it that way, sometimes on purpose.
The two sides of this mentality are "critical consciousness" for the people who are "Woke" to the Critical Theory and "false consciousness" for the people who aren't. The conspiracy the powerful interests in society run is alleged to be so complete that people literally misunderstand their reality.
Give that a second to sink in. That's the totalist part of the lunatic conspiracy theory. The belief that Critical Theory is based on is that the powerful are so in control of society that:
(1) nobody at all has the conceptual tools to imagine or articulate an alternative vision;
(2) nobody BUT THEM even know this is happening.
That's really important because what it means is that everyone is a dupe except the Critical Theorists. That means nobody is actually capable of understanding, much less managing, their own lives and circumstances except the Critical Theorists.
Depending on the critical theory in question, different powerful interests allegedly control society (again, to such a degree that nobody except the critical theorists themselves even know it, and such that nobody can articulate an alternative).
(Critical) radical feminists, for example, believe that society is totally structured by a male-dominated force called "patriarchy" that benefits men. It is enforced, they say, by another force they call "misogyny," which means hating women.
Critical Race Theorists believe society is totally structured by a white-dominated force called "white supremacy" that benefits white people. It is enforced, they say, by another force they call "systemic racism," which they alone can detect (in literally everything).
(Critical) Queer Theorists believe society is totally controlled and structured around people who deem themselves "normal" to the exclusion of everyone "queer." This is enforced by a wide variety of structural forces called "normativities," such as "heteronormativity," the completely made-up "cisnormativity," and "thinnormativity," which ultimately hold that there are norms and that's at least sometimes good.
Critical America Theory, which I discussed earlier, has two main modes, which we could call "Left" and "Right."
The "Left" mode believes that America is controlled by a conglomerate of powered interests including capitalists, nationalists (whom they call "Fascists"), and all of the "privileged" groups in the whole Intersectional pantheon of victimized identities (called "minoritized groups").
The "Right" mode believes that American is controlled by a conglomerate of powered interests including the Leftists and their Intersectional victimhood paradigm and its beneficiaries, globalists (the "managerial elite"), Jews, and, well, capitalists.
Both of these modes hold out that the powerful interests completely control the social, economic, and political lives of Americans, and that Americans simply don't know it because it's not possible to talk about it because, allegedly, the powerful interests will shut you down or ruin/"cancel" you if you do. Even though they all do all the time pretty much exclusively while screaming that they can't.
These two models are more or less completely diametrically opposed on all issues except Jews and capitalism. The "Left" mode is pro-Intersectional while the "Right" mode is reverse-Intersectional (same model, but privilege is good now). The "Left" mode is pro-globalist while the "Right" mode is nativist-nationalist. Both modes believe capitalism enables the whole problem and that Jews are participants in the problem (though in different ways).
"Left" Critical America Theory believes capitalism restrains people in the name of making money (puts money over people) and that Jews are part of the oppressor category that allegedly harms poor Intersectional victims, including the imaginary people known as "Palestinians." Most of this blame is displaced onto Israel, not Jews directly, which is blamed for "genocide" and such, narratives that can be traced at least in part to Soviet propaganda efforts and Islamist agendas.
"Right" Critical America Theory believes capitalism is too licentious in the name of making money (puts money over people) and that Jews form a shadowy cabal of powerful and all-controlling hidden interests (that advance their own "Jewish" (national) interests over those of their "host" nations). Most of this blame is displaced onto Israel, not Jews directly, which is blamed for "genocide" and such, narratives that can be traced at least in part to Soviet propaganda efforts and Islamist agendas (with plenty of Nazism mixed in).
The point is that these are totalizing conspiracy theories, so in addition to everything that obviously implies, it also means that they cannot be refuted. Any attempt to refute them is merely to reassert the theory of capture and to defend the system of power that prevents people from knowing the "truth" (believing the critical theory).
For instance, refuting a feminist is just another way of asserting patriarchal control and attacking women.
Refuting a Critical Race Theorist is having White Fragility which is a kind of covert racism they uncovered in you.
Refuting a Queer Theorist is forcing norms upon them that cause them harm and make them s-word-icidal.
Refuting a "Left" Critical America Theorist is having sold out to capitalist interests or defending one's own privileged status in the system (or "supporting genocide").
Refuting a "Right" Critical America Theorist is believing making money is more important than people, being a shill, or having been bought off, captured, or blackmailed by Jews, Israel, the Jewish lobby, or the allegedly powerful interests that are controlled by these (or "supporting genocide").
I'm sure you're familiar with all this crap, but you might not have known that it's a direct consequence of the structure of the Critical Theory itself. Once Horkheimer laid out that the raison d'etre for the Critical Theory in the first place is that the "very terms of the existing society" are captured by powerful interests and ruling classes, that means that all refutation of the Critical Theory itself is just further proof that the Critical Theory is right that the whole system of sense-making permitted by the ruling classes is captured.
Guys, this is idiocy.
It isn't just idiocy, though; it's also evil idiocy. Very evil idiocy. Destructive idiocy.
It's also easily replicable by people who are just playing in the incentive structure of the cynical logic of the Critical Theory mindset, so while some of the participants pushing us in this direction know exactly what they're doing, most either don't or, at the very least, don't have to.
What should you do? Learn to recognize it. Mark it. And avoid it. And help others to do the same.
We can start where we started earlier, with Max Horkheimer's characterization of his Critical Theory. He invented Critical Theory in 1937, adapting it from the Marxist tradition of ruthless critique. He described it this way (paraphrasing):
"We [neo-Marxists] developed the Critical Theory when we realized that it is not possible to describe the good or the ideal society on the terms of the existing society, but we can criticize those elements of the existing society that we wish to change."
This characterization is very important because it reveals the ultimate character of all critical theories: looking for "problematics" in society that don't live up to some imagined ideal society that likely cannot even exist but can still be used as a reference point against which to complain about reality, often senselessly.
Briefly, how? How can you use something that isn't real as a reference point? By believing things like "we don't know what an ideal America would look like, but it wouldn't have racism." Then you send people out looking for anything they can consider racist and get them to "problematize" it because the ideal society wouldn't have that happening. That's how.
The thing is, Horkheimer's characterization also reveals the true structure of all critical theories: they're conspiracy theories.
The belief in the Critical Theory is that the whole of society in every regard is so captured by the ruling classes and powerful interests that you don't even have the tools you'd need to describe an alternative. That is, powerful interests control everything, and they do so in a way where people don't realize it. In fact, they don't even have the conceptual tools to imagine an alternative. And the ruling classes benefit from that situation, so they like it that way, and they keep it that way, sometimes on purpose.
The two sides of this mentality are "critical consciousness" for the people who are "Woke" to the Critical Theory and "false consciousness" for the people who aren't. The conspiracy the powerful interests in society run is alleged to be so complete that people literally misunderstand their reality.
Give that a second to sink in. That's the totalist part of the lunatic conspiracy theory. The belief that Critical Theory is based on is that the powerful are so in control of society that:
(1) nobody at all has the conceptual tools to imagine or articulate an alternative vision;
(2) nobody BUT THEM even know this is happening.
That's really important because what it means is that everyone is a dupe except the Critical Theorists. That means nobody is actually capable of understanding, much less managing, their own lives and circumstances except the Critical Theorists.
Depending on the critical theory in question, different powerful interests allegedly control society (again, to such a degree that nobody except the critical theorists themselves even know it, and such that nobody can articulate an alternative).
(Critical) radical feminists, for example, believe that society is totally structured by a male-dominated force called "patriarchy" that benefits men. It is enforced, they say, by another force they call "misogyny," which means hating women.
Critical Race Theorists believe society is totally structured by a white-dominated force called "white supremacy" that benefits white people. It is enforced, they say, by another force they call "systemic racism," which they alone can detect (in literally everything).
(Critical) Queer Theorists believe society is totally controlled and structured around people who deem themselves "normal" to the exclusion of everyone "queer." This is enforced by a wide variety of structural forces called "normativities," such as "heteronormativity," the completely made-up "cisnormativity," and "thinnormativity," which ultimately hold that there are norms and that's at least sometimes good.
Critical America Theory, which I discussed earlier, has two main modes, which we could call "Left" and "Right."
The "Left" mode believes that America is controlled by a conglomerate of powered interests including capitalists, nationalists (whom they call "Fascists"), and all of the "privileged" groups in the whole Intersectional pantheon of victimized identities (called "minoritized groups").
The "Right" mode believes that American is controlled by a conglomerate of powered interests including the Leftists and their Intersectional victimhood paradigm and its beneficiaries, globalists (the "managerial elite"), Jews, and, well, capitalists.
Both of these modes hold out that the powerful interests completely control the social, economic, and political lives of Americans, and that Americans simply don't know it because it's not possible to talk about it because, allegedly, the powerful interests will shut you down or ruin/"cancel" you if you do. Even though they all do all the time pretty much exclusively while screaming that they can't.
These two models are more or less completely diametrically opposed on all issues except Jews and capitalism. The "Left" mode is pro-Intersectional while the "Right" mode is reverse-Intersectional (same model, but privilege is good now). The "Left" mode is pro-globalist while the "Right" mode is nativist-nationalist. Both modes believe capitalism enables the whole problem and that Jews are participants in the problem (though in different ways).
"Left" Critical America Theory believes capitalism restrains people in the name of making money (puts money over people) and that Jews are part of the oppressor category that allegedly harms poor Intersectional victims, including the imaginary people known as "Palestinians." Most of this blame is displaced onto Israel, not Jews directly, which is blamed for "genocide" and such, narratives that can be traced at least in part to Soviet propaganda efforts and Islamist agendas.
"Right" Critical America Theory believes capitalism is too licentious in the name of making money (puts money over people) and that Jews form a shadowy cabal of powerful and all-controlling hidden interests (that advance their own "Jewish" (national) interests over those of their "host" nations). Most of this blame is displaced onto Israel, not Jews directly, which is blamed for "genocide" and such, narratives that can be traced at least in part to Soviet propaganda efforts and Islamist agendas (with plenty of Nazism mixed in).
The point is that these are totalizing conspiracy theories, so in addition to everything that obviously implies, it also means that they cannot be refuted. Any attempt to refute them is merely to reassert the theory of capture and to defend the system of power that prevents people from knowing the "truth" (believing the critical theory).
For instance, refuting a feminist is just another way of asserting patriarchal control and attacking women.
Refuting a Critical Race Theorist is having White Fragility which is a kind of covert racism they uncovered in you.
Refuting a Queer Theorist is forcing norms upon them that cause them harm and make them s-word-icidal.
Refuting a "Left" Critical America Theorist is having sold out to capitalist interests or defending one's own privileged status in the system (or "supporting genocide").
Refuting a "Right" Critical America Theorist is believing making money is more important than people, being a shill, or having been bought off, captured, or blackmailed by Jews, Israel, the Jewish lobby, or the allegedly powerful interests that are controlled by these (or "supporting genocide").
I'm sure you're familiar with all this crap, but you might not have known that it's a direct consequence of the structure of the Critical Theory itself. Once Horkheimer laid out that the raison d'etre for the Critical Theory in the first place is that the "very terms of the existing society" are captured by powerful interests and ruling classes, that means that all refutation of the Critical Theory itself is just further proof that the Critical Theory is right that the whole system of sense-making permitted by the ruling classes is captured.
Guys, this is idiocy.
It isn't just idiocy, though; it's also evil idiocy. Very evil idiocy. Destructive idiocy.
It's also easily replicable by people who are just playing in the incentive structure of the cynical logic of the Critical Theory mindset, so while some of the participants pushing us in this direction know exactly what they're doing, most either don't or, at the very least, don't have to.
What should you do? Learn to recognize it. Mark it. And avoid it. And help others to do the same.
For reference, the post from earlier today:
Sorry it's a little bit longer. It's not as straightforward.
So SecWar Pete Hegseth just fired Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., the US Army’s (now former) Chief of Chaplains.
I have zero insider information on this, but I have my own theories as to why it happened.
Green’s most important event as the Chief of Chaplains was to produce the United States Army’s “Spiritual Fitness Guide.”
Published in July of 2025, Stars & Stripes wrote an article on this with a link to the guide.
(I’ll put all related links in a comment email one below.)
I’ll save you the trouble of clicking on that link — it goes to the US Army’s website, and it’s “404 Page Not Found.”
That kind of explains a lot, doesn’t it?
So I went and found a full copy of that “Guide” elsewhere (in, of all places, a “Military Atheist” website; link in the post below).
Go check it out. Do a word search for the word “God.” Go ahead. Do it. It shows up exactly ONCE. How can you have a guide to spiritual fitness without mentioning God?????
But what that “guide" DOES TALK about is a bunch on New Age gobbledygook.
Let me give you a taste:
"The Soldier’s Spirit lies at the intersection of external influences (stimulus) and applied behavior (response). It is the vital junction that supports the weight of life and drives Soldier action. In a relatable way, the Soldier’s spirit is much like a compass in life, providing substance to the direction that they take in life and the decisions they make. This reality makes understanding and developing the Soldier's spirit crucial, as the direction of a Soldier ultimately shapes the direction and well-being of the Army.”
The primary mission of the Chaplain Corps is to “provide religious support” to soldiers (from their official mission statement).
Yet the US Army’s “Spiritual Fitness Guide” reads like it was written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on a bender—not a word of encouragement for a soldier’s faith, but pages upon pages of New Age nonsense that makes Universalism sound like rational thought and really does imagine no religion.
Yeah, one does not need to understand why a man of faith like Pete Hegseth fired a wishy washy New Age Pharisee like Green.
I have zero insider information on this, but I have my own theories as to why it happened.
Green’s most important event as the Chief of Chaplains was to produce the United States Army’s “Spiritual Fitness Guide.”
Published in July of 2025, Stars & Stripes wrote an article on this with a link to the guide.
(I’ll put all related links in a comment email one below.)
I’ll save you the trouble of clicking on that link — it goes to the US Army’s website, and it’s “404 Page Not Found.”
That kind of explains a lot, doesn’t it?
So I went and found a full copy of that “Guide” elsewhere (in, of all places, a “Military Atheist” website; link in the post below).
Go check it out. Do a word search for the word “God.” Go ahead. Do it. It shows up exactly ONCE. How can you have a guide to spiritual fitness without mentioning God?????
But what that “guide" DOES TALK about is a bunch on New Age gobbledygook.
Let me give you a taste:
"The Soldier’s Spirit lies at the intersection of external influences (stimulus) and applied behavior (response). It is the vital junction that supports the weight of life and drives Soldier action. In a relatable way, the Soldier’s spirit is much like a compass in life, providing substance to the direction that they take in life and the decisions they make. This reality makes understanding and developing the Soldier's spirit crucial, as the direction of a Soldier ultimately shapes the direction and well-being of the Army.”
The primary mission of the Chaplain Corps is to “provide religious support” to soldiers (from their official mission statement).
Yet the US Army’s “Spiritual Fitness Guide” reads like it was written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono on a bender—not a word of encouragement for a soldier’s faith, but pages upon pages of New Age nonsense that makes Universalism sound like rational thought and really does imagine no religion.
Yeah, one does not need to understand why a man of faith like Pete Hegseth fired a wishy washy New Age Pharisee like Green.
Stars & Stripes link:
stripes.com/branches/army/…
Dead 404 link:
army.mil/article/287510…
The Guide itself:
militaryatheists.org/regs/ArmyFM7-2…
stripes.com/branches/army/…
Dead 404 link:
army.mil/article/287510…
The Guide itself:
militaryatheists.org/regs/ArmyFM7-2…
